Warning notes:

General

Etched models made of sheet metal captivate with lots of detail and tiny parts. To get those fine scaled models, etching is the favourite method for manufacturing. To assure those tiny parts are solid anyway, the basic material is sheet metal – mostly nickel silver, sometimes brass sheet metal. etchIT always uses nickel silver due to the excellent stability. But simultaneously this stability is also a potential danger.
The edges of an edged board of a nickel silver modelkit are occasionally sharp-edged an in all matters tougher than the fingers of the handicraft enthusiast.

Joining, bending, canting

Wherever possible, use little assistants in form of pieces of hard wood or a small bench vise. Especially long edges can only be bended exactly with an appropriate aid.

Glueing and soldering

Always respect the safety notes on the packages of the glue you prefer.

Glueing with glues on base of cyanoacrylate include additional dangers, also respect the appropriate safety notes given by the manufacturer.

In many cases soldering is THE way to stabilize an etched model perfectly. Some of the models in the etchIT program are exclusively designed for soldering assembly, e. g. KT028, Large crosswalk. But watch out! Nickel silver is an excellent heat conductor — directly to your fingertips.

Not for kids!

Assembling etched models is only suitable for experienced handycraft enthusiasts. These model kits are absolutely NOT suitable for kids! Always keep in mind, that metal parts can be very dangerous to the body and if swallowed. So keep your fine scaled models – in raw or assembled state – always out of the reach of young children.

Finally

Of course etched model kits are not mean nor evil and there is no danger when you free the model kit from the envelope we sent it in... Just respect the above hints and  in short time the nickel silver board will change into a sophisticated gem for your model railway. All these tips are according to the motto: "If I would have known..."

In the Download-area you will find a summary of tips and tricks (in the moment only available in german) for building etched models in the professional way.

That's it so far — etchIT wishes all success while building your models and exploring how detailed small models can be! Forget plastic — etched models from etchIT enrich modell making!